Pitcher.



1). BALL.

PITGHER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1908,

923,931. Patentd JuneJS, 1909.

lwmntoo UNI EDfsTArns PATEN OFFICE.

DELIlJAH sA-LL, or

LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIQNOB or ONE-HALF in too WILLIS, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent/i Application filed December 8, 1908.

Patented June 5, 1909 Serial No. 466,551,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, 'DELILAH BALL, a Cllil-r zen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have jnvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pitchers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has reference to improvements in pitchers, and it resides primarily in the provision of an article of that nature so constructed that when tilted, the liquid contents thereof will be caused to flow directly into and through'the discharge spout and will be prevented from s illing over the side edges of the same. To t is'end, the en- 1 tire top edge of the pitcher is molded with a continuous horizontal flange, or with a con tmuous flat upper face, the end portions of 1 the flange which are formed upon the side edges of the spout extending directly inwardly or toward each other, tov partly the spout, while the remainder of the flange projects outwardly of the pitcher, thus forming a support upon which the hinged cover is designed to rest, the. general shape of the cover conforming to that of the flange.

The invention further resides in the provision of a dri cup which is attached to the neck of the .pltcher and-is located directly below the spout in osition to catch any liquid esca ing theref fom.

The re erred embodiment of the invention is i lustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding parts or features I are designated by the same reference characters throughout'the several views.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the im roved itcher. Fig. 2 1s a front elevation t lGIGOf. ig. 3 is a plan view. Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken on the lines 4 4, and 55 of Fi 1. t

. Tn Fig 1, 4 and 5, the cover of the pitcher is shown in closed osition, and in Flg. 2, in

raised position.

omitted.

Referring more particularly to thedrawings, 7 and8 designate,"respectively,' the body and neck portions of the pitcher, Qits handle, and. 10 its discharge or un'ng spout. The side walls of the pouringspout continuously converge from the body 0 the close the flange. .Theentire flange and with the n Fig. 3, the cover is pitcher to the discharge end of the spout, so that the liquid flows continuouslydn one direction, and is not turned laterallyby any change in the continuation of the walls of the spout. The entire upper edges of the neck of the pitcherand of the spout are provided with a single continuous horizontal flange, enerally designated by the numeral 11, the flange being formed during the molding of the pitcher, and with a continuous flat upper face. The end portions 12 of the flange, i. (1., those portions which are formed upon the sides of the discharge spout extend directy inward or toward each other, so as to overhang the bottom of the spout ,'the top of which latter is thus partially closed. The remaining or central portion 13 of the flange extends in the opposite direction, or in other words, laterally outward from the sides of the pitch-er. This last mentioned portion isdesigned to serve as a support upon which the cover 14 is arranged to rest when in closed position, the cover being hinged at its rear end to said central portion 13. The cover conforms in shape \tothe general outline of the flange and is formed at its free end with a forwardly pro'ecting tongue 15 arranged to rest upon the end portions 12 of lower face of theclosure flat throughoutits entire length to bear upon the entire length of the flange, as will be understood, thus 00- cupies a common plane, in order to permit it to serve its function of a support. From the foregoing, it Wlll be appa ent that the extension of the pouring s out 1 rtions of the flange project direct y toward each other and forming them with a flat upper face causes them to overhang the bottom of the s out and thus serve as a guard to increase t e area of contact between the closure and flange to cause the flanges to revent the contents of the pitcher from spi ing over the sides of the spout when the itcher is tilted. This effect is heightened y ex- 100 tending the edges of'the sides of the pouring s out upwardly a slight distance throu hout their entire length, as illustrated in. Fig. 4, wherein the extensions are designated by the numeral 16. p I

The pitcher is further rovided with a dr p cup 17 attached to the ront wall thereof n any preferred manner, or formed integral with the pitcher during its molding, as desired.v This cup is located directly below 119 eeeeei the s out and is zt-rrenged to receive any liqui which may esce e from the spout,

thereby preventing suc liquid from steinj The 3 ing or otherwise soiling the table linen. front wall of,the cup is inclined toward the well of the pitcher, to prevent the liquid contained in the cup from escaping when the i pitcher is tilted.

I What is claimed is l A pitcher having a pouring spout depend ing from one side with the sides of the spout converging continuously to the discharge end thereof, a flange integral with the. upper edge of the pitcher end of the pouring spout and with a continuous flat upper face, and er closure movably connected to said pitcher and with a fiat lower face bearing its entire 1 length upon said flange. In testimony whereof, 1 ME); my signe- 1 ture, in presence of two witnesses. V 'l DELILAH BALL.

Vsitnesses DUNCAN Wool),

THOMAS TRIPP. 

